Three years ago, Carnegie University astronomers examining a small star called a red dwarf found something unexpected: a ...

Since then, astronomers around the world have been studying the planet’s composition through a range of techniques including ...

Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, a team of scientists have observed two giant gas planets ...

The largest survey of exoplanets using an observatory atop Maunakea on the Big Island confirms a long-predicted relationship between planetary mass and rotation — putting a new spin on planet ...

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Scientists have discovered that a highly unusual giant planet—sometimes called "forbidden"—could have an atmosphere with ...

We know that our Solar System is not the blueprint for all planetary systems out there. There are gas giant planets orbiting closer to their stars than Mercury, and rocky worlds much larger than Earth ...

A nearby planet could form a ring of gas around its star, revealing unique signatures in its light that can be observed today ...

Exoplanet WASP-189b has revealed a direct chemical link between stars and planets, giving scientists new insight into how ...

“The planet-formation paradigm states that planets close to their host star should form small and rocky, with little-to-no gas or ice,” said astronomer Thomas Wilson of the University of Warwick in ...